The lengthy and winding search is over.
The Jets employed Darren Mougey as their new basic supervisor on Saturday after a search that started in late November and included interviews with 16 completely different candidates.
Mougey, 39, is the third-youngest GM within the NFL and joins the Jets after serving because the Broncos assistant GM since 2022.
He has been with the Broncos since 2012, rising from scouting intern to assistant GM.
The Jets will now hope Mougey and new head coach Aaron Glenn can lead the franchise out of the wilderness.
They’re taking on a group that has not made the playoffs in 14 years, had 9 straight dropping seasons and final received a division title in 2002.
“Darren is a trusted NFL government who has expertise working with a formidable assortment of soccer leaders,” Jets proprietor Woody Johnson mentioned in an announcement. “He’s a confirmed expertise evaluator who impressed us along with his imaginative and prescient for this group. His partnership with coach Glenn will revitalize this group. I’m pleased with the thorough search we undertook and that it led us to the 2 finest people to steer our soccer group going ahead.”
Mougey and Glenn shall be launched at a information convention Monday in Florham Park.
Mougey has labored underneath two completely different GMs — John Elway and, extra just lately, George Paton.
He was a part of a Tremendous Bowl-winning group in 2015 and helped the Broncos get again to the playoffs this season regardless of having a league-high $89 million in useless cash on the wage cap.
That quantity reduce the margin of error down for the group in its offseason strikes and the entrance workplace couldn’t afford many misses.
The Arizona native attended San Diego State, the place he was teammates with Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell. Mougey is 6-foot-6 and is claimed to have a presence about him when he walks right into a room.
He is named a superb communicator and has survived six completely different head coaches in Denver.
“It is likely one of the nice honors and privileges of my life to function the final supervisor of the New York Jets,” Mougey mentioned in an announcement. “I wish to thank Mr. Johnson for this accountability, one I don’t take calmly. I couldn’t be extra excited to work alongside coach Glenn to construct a championship group that can make Jets followers proud.”
Mougey and Glenn haven’t labored collectively earlier than however Mougey was concerned in interviewing Glenn for the Broncos head teaching job in 2022.
Roles had been reversed on Thursday with Glenn now interviewing Mougey for the GM job.
Mougey first interviewed on Jan. 11 in Florida. He had a second interview on Thursday in Florham Park.
The Jets additionally interviewed Bengals senior personnel government Trey Brown and Commanders assistant GM Lance Newmark a second time.
The Jets had been impressed with Mougey’s communication expertise and felt he defined his imaginative and prescient for the group clearly and he has a superb plan.
Mougey has served in a wide range of roles in Denver and the Jets felt he had expertise in a wide range of completely different areas {that a} GM should cope with.
He’s additionally been concerned in a seek for a franchise quarterback.
The Broncos went from having Peyton Manning early in his time with the group to looking for his alternative with some misses alongside the way in which, most notably Russell Wilson. Mougey was then concerned in choosing Bo Nix final 12 months and that appears like a powerful draft selection.
The Jets are changing Joe Douglas, who held the job from 2019 till November when he was fired in midseason.
The Jets fired Douglas to get a jump-start on their GM search.
Mougey and Glenn have some robust selections to make instantly.
They need to determine whether or not quarterback Aaron Rodgers ought to return for a 3rd season with the Jets.
Rodgers has mentioned he’s considering retirement, but when he does return the Jets could be his first selection.
Large receiver Davante Adams is underneath contract however his deal will must be reworked if he returns. Adams’ future might be tied to Rodgers.
Then, there are the younger stars.
Large receiver Garrett Wilson and cornerback Sauce Gardner are eligible for contract extensions as they enter their fourth seasons.
